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Mizzima On 1 December, Dr. Sasa announced that following the dissolution of his Ministry of Internation Cooperation he will head a new Institute of Peace and Federal Democracy (IPFD), focusing on local governance, federalism, and community empowermen... [1]

The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) has proposed to merge with its rival the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) in order to secure more votes in the 2020 general elections. [2]

Ethnic Shan rebel leaders say the Burmese government has not demonstrated a serious commitment to fighting the drug trade in eastern Burma’s Shan State, despite joining a drug eradication program with the rebels and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (... [3]

A rebel Shan soldier guards the heights of a hill outside a mobile camp of the Rebel Shan State Army (SSA) in a jungle hideout of the Shan state in north eastern Myanmar on December 19. [4]

Myanmar’s military must be held accountable for its crimes against humanity, and the sooner the better, warned a leading ethnic rebel leader. [5]

More than 1,000 ethnic Shan villagers from Tangyan Township, Shan State, have fled from their homes due to atrocities by Burmese government forces, a human rights group said on Friday. [6]

Shan State Army (SSA) soldiers demonstrate their skills during the 65th anniversary of Shan State National Day at the army’s Loi Taileng headquarters in Shan State along the Myanmar-Thai border February 7, 2012. [7]

RANGOON — Residents in Muse, a border town in Burma’s northern Shan State, say they have begun rounding up drug addicts and dealers and forcing them into rehabilitation centers to tackle the area’s rising drug problem. [8]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-12-03 · 32% match

Dr. Sasa launches new federal democracy institute after leaving the NUG

Mizzima On 1 December, Dr. Sasa announced that following the dissolution of his Ministry of Internation Cooperation he will head a new Institute of Peace and Federal Democracy (IPFD), focusing on local governance, federalism, and community empowermen

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-10-30 · 41% match

Political Outfit Appeals for Unified Shan State Party

The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) has proposed to merge with its rival the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) in order to secure more votes in the 2020 general elections.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-12-24 · 40% match

No Progress in Drug Eradication Program: Shan Rebels

Ethnic Shan rebel leaders say the Burmese government has not demonstrated a serious commitment to fighting the drug trade in eastern Burma’s Shan State, despite joining a drug eradication program with the rebels and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (

[4] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2012-08-22 · 38% match

A REBEL SHAN SOLDIER GUARDS A MOBILE CAMP OF THE REBEL SHAN STATE ARMY IN NORTHEASTERN MYANMAR.

A rebel Shan soldier guards the heights of a hill outside a mobile camp of the Rebel Shan State Army (SSA) in a jungle hideout of the Shan state in north eastern Myanmar on December 19.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-03-26 · 37% match

Myanmar’s Military Must Be Held Accountable: Shan Armed Group Leader

Myanmar’s military must be held accountable for its crimes against humanity, and the sooner the better, warned a leading ethnic rebel leader.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-04-05 · 36% match

Shan Villagers Flee Army Abuses

More than 1,000 ethnic Shan villagers from Tangyan Township, Shan State, have fled from their homes due to atrocities by Burmese government forces, a human rights group said on Friday.

[7] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2012-05-12 · 35% match

Shan State Army (SSA) soldiers demonstrate their skills during the 65th anniversary of Shan State National Day at the army’s Loi Taileng headquarters in Shan State along the Myanmar-Thai border

Shan State Army (SSA) soldiers demonstrate their skills during the 65th anniversary of Shan State National Day at the army’s Loi Taileng headquarters in Shan State along the Myanmar-Thai border February 7, 2012.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-09-12 · 35% match

Northern Shan Residents Force Local Drug Addicts Into Rehab Camps

RANGOON — Residents in Muse, a border town in Burma’s northern Shan State, say they have begun rounding up drug addicts and dealers and forcing them into rehabilitation centers to tackle the area’s rising drug problem.

[9] MM election.irrawaddy.com · 40% match

The Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Saturday from the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) headquarters in Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, campaign organizer Kyaw Maung said that although the USDP is pushing to collect advance votes from local pe

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-12-19 · 34% match

In Shan State, Rebel Army Seeks Divine Intervention from Guardian Spirits

KYETHI TOWNSHIP, Shan State — Hidden away in almost every village in Shan State is a shrine to a nat, the spirits commonly worshipped in remote areas of the country alongside Burma’s dominant Theravada Buddhist tradition.

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